Social and solidarity economy (SSE) is increasingly attracting the attention of policy makers, practitioners and social scientists worldwide. For some, it contributes to social cohesion by addressing state and market failures; for others, it provides an alternative model to current neoliberal...

In the absence of conceptual advances with strong ontological foundations, the author argues, social and solidarity economy (SSE), a science-in-the-making, cannot go very far in framing discourses and in engaging with the bigger picture, as an alternative to the crises-ridden 'dominant economic...

This paper deals with the emergent and evolving forms of social organization in Zimbabwe's post-Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). It highlights the way in which these institutional formations show the emergence of a social and solidarity economy in which self-help and grassroots...

This paper examines the challenges of expansion and sustainability of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). It focuses on the interaction between popular economy and SSE, and stresses the importance of collective action and public policies to enable the transition from the informal economy toward...

Multiple global crises and heightened concerns about the social and environmental consequences of economic growth and liberalization have reignited interest in alternative production and consumption patterns, and ways of organizing enterprise activities. In recent years, considerable attention...

This paper looks at how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) discourse has been deployed at a regional level by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and Southern American Common Market (MERCOSUR), and the implications of these new policy frameworks for the advancement of SSE...

Depuis la première moitié du dix-neuvième siècle, sont apparus sous des formes diverses des propositions et des projets visant à assurer un développement local solidaire par un mécanisme monétaire et financier. On les aborde aujourd'hui sous la dénomination de 'microcrédit solidaire'...

Centrado en América Latina, este artículo examina el rol de las políticas públicas y el marco legal en relación con la institucionalización de la Economía Social y Solidaria (ESS). Estas instituciones pueden ser respuestas formales a prácticas y demandas sociales de abajo arriba, o...

En el presente trabajo se describen y analizan procesos de recuperación de empresas desarrollados en Argentina durante el período 2000-2010. Entendemos por tales los procesos iniciados a partir de la quiebra o cierre de una empresa y de la decisión de los trabajadores de continuar con la...